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  • US drone strike in North Waziristan kills 10

    Date: 2014-09-24 10:45:47 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:78 - ID:1002465

    Islamabad, Sept 24 (MENA) - At least 10 people were killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan on Wednesday, Geo TV said. The drone targeted a vehicle in Alwara Mandi in North Waziristan. The Pakistan military in June, 2014 launched ....

  • Iran condemns US double standard policy towards terrorism, extremism

    Date: 2014-09-24 08:20:00 GMT - Iran - World - SN:48 - ID:1001629

    TEHRAN, Sept 24 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham urged Washington to avoid adopting dual-track approaches to terrorism in different countries, particularly towards the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria. Afkham ....

  • Air France-Transavia: Confusion over expansion plans

    Date: 2014-09-24 08:19:43 GMT - France - World - SN:47 - ID:1001473

    PARIS, Sept 24 (MENA) - Air France has denied that plans to expand its Transavia low-cost airline have been dropped following a 10-day strike by its pilots, the BBC reported Wednesday. The country's transport secretary, Alain Vidalies, had told ....

  • Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk to house subs carrying long-range cruise missiles

    Date: 2014-09-24 07:47:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:1001117

    MOSCOW, Sept 24 (MENA) - Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk will accommodate submarines carrying missiles with a range of more than 1,500 kilometres, Itar Tass quoted Black Sea Fleet commander Aleksandr Vitko as saying Wednesday. Russian ....

  • Lavrov, Kerry to meet for bilateral talks in New York on Wednesday

    Date: 2014-09-24 07:34:28 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:41 - ID:1001129

    NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks in New York within the framework of the UN General Assembly session on September 24, a source from the Russian delegation told RIA ....

  • Tony Blair calls for "global response" to Daesh problem

    Date: 2014-09-24 06:58:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:1000805

    LONDON, Sept 24 (MENA) - Tony Blair has told Sky News that Daesh is a "global problem" that needs a "global response". The former UK prime minister said defeating the forces of Daesh will need a "global response". "I think President Obama is ....

  • Libyan speaker confers with UN envoy to Libya on crisis

    Date: 2014-09-24 06:41:10 GMT - Libya - World - SN:25 - ID:1000665

    TRIPOLI, Sept 24 (MENA) - The Libya delegation to the United Nations led by Speaker Aqila Saleh and Libyan Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ibrahim Dabbashi held talks with US Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones. Jones said, On ....

  • Cameron: Daesh "Want to Kill Us"

    Date: 2014-09-24 06:09:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:1000669

    NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he is certain the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is plotting attacks in Europe. In statements to NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams late Tuesday, Cameron ....

  • US launches new air strikes against Daesh in Syria, Iraq

    Date: 2014-09-24 00:59:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:1000257

    WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (MENA) - The US military planes continued to launch new airstrikes against sites affiliated to Daesh group in Iraq and Syria, the US Central Command said. The US remote control planes launched three air strikes within the last ....

  • Miliband sees UK's future in Europe

    Date: 2014-09-24 00:22:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:1 - ID:1000241

    LONDON, Sept 24 (MENA) - UK opposition Labor leader Ed Miliband toughened his resistance to leaving the European Union, telling his party’s annual convention that Britain’s future lay within the bloc. “Our future lies inside, not outside the ....

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